Second annual Ye Gods party, March 2007

Second annual Ye Gods party at P and M’s place, March 31, 2007

The first annual Ye Gods party a year ago culminated in P and M’s wedding. This year they didn’t do anything to top that (unless I left too early and missed something), but it was good nonetheless. Everyone was supposed to come dressed as a god of some kind. Those that did not have costumes (me, for example) had to wear funny hats vaguely suggestive of deities.

Regan as Medusa

Regan as Medusa at the second annual Ye Gods party
CIMG5568 Regan as Medusa

Aaron as statue of Liberty. He is wearing M’s wedding headdress from last year.

Aaron as statue of Liberty at the second annual Ye Gods party
CIMG5571 Aaron as statue of Liberty

Regan as Medusa, and her husband Mike as a God Of Hairdos. What that means, I don’t know — is he wearing a cape like one does at a hairdresser’s?

Medusa (right) and a God Of Hairdos (left) at the second annual Ye Gods party
CIMG5575 Medusa (right) and a God Of Hairdos (left)

Marjie was dressed as Tie Dye god(ess), and Bill, I’m not sure. But I think together they make up some kind of Gods of the Sixties couple.

The gods of tie dye at the second annual Ye Gods party
CIMG5577 The gods of tie dye

Jeff D as Thor with a requisite hammer

Jeff D as Thor at the second annual Ye Gods party
CIMG5579 Jeff D as Thor

M as Egyptian goddess Bast (also known as Bastet), a goddess with a head of a cat.

M as Egyptian goddess Bast
CIMG5580 M as Egyptian goddess Bast

Wendy was dressed as a Sky God(ess?)

Wendy as a Sky God(ess?) at the second annual Ye Gods party
CIMG5581 Wendy as a Sky God(ess?)

The hosts, P and M, dressed as Egyptian gods Sobek (a man with a head of a crocodile) and Bast (a woman with a head of a cat)

Egyptian gods Sobek and Bast
CIMG5585 Egyptian gods Sobek and Bast

P as an Egyptian god – a man with a head of a crocodile

Egyptian god Sobek costume - a man with a head of a crocodile
CIMG5586 P as an Egyptian god Sobek

M in a mask of an Egyptian goddess Bast. The mask was made from her face cast, since back then M and P used to make face casts (and they made one of me).

M in a mask of an Egyptian goddess Bast
CIMG5587 M in a Bast mask

M without a mask

M without her Bast mask
CIMG5588 M without her Bast mask

Denis “There is no god” Loubet (that’s what his name tag says), a co-host of the Non-Prophets internet radio show.

Denis at the second annual Ye Gods party
CIMG5590 Denis “There is no god” Loubet

This guy is a Hare Krishna — his “costume” makes sense if you read Hare as Hair. This is the most minimalistic costume I’ve seen, consisting only of a hairdo and held together by a pun.

For a triple pun on “Hare”, he could have worn rabbit’s ears. But he is wearing antlers, so… seems like a missed opportunity.

A Hare -- read, Hair -- Krishna costume
CIMG5592 A Hare — read, Hair — Krishna costume

The Hare / Hair Krishna guy and Wendy-as-a-sky-god. Well, now he IS wearing a rabbit mask, thereby realizing a triple pun inherent in his costume!

A guy in a Hare -- read, Hair -- Krishna costume, and Wendy as a sky god
CIMG5593 A guy in a Hare — read, Hair — Krishna costume, and Wendy as a sky god

J, dressed in animal prints, started out as Bast #2 (M being Bast #1, see above), but then transformed to something else.

A costume consisting of animal prints, seen at the second annual Ye Gods party
CIMG5596 J, dressed in animal prints

A in a viking helmet with braids and J in animal prints

A in a viking helmet with braids and J in animal prints
CIMG5597 A in a viking helmet with braids and J in animal prints

A in a viking helmet with braids

A in a viking helmet with braids
CIMG5599 A in a viking helmet with braids

S in a horned helmet

Horned helmet, second annual Ye Gods party
CIMG5600 S in a horned helmet

J with a halo. She has transformed from Bast #2 to a cat saint?

The former Bast #2 now has a detachable, furry halo
CIMG5603 J with a halo

M as Sheela Na Gig. Bold choice, but the execution must be very subtle, since I don’t see a similarity…

Sheela Na Gig costume at the second annual Ye Gods party
CIMG5604 M as Sheela Na Gig

J and S

An elephant head costume at the second annual Ye Gods party
CIMG5606 J and S

I guess somewhere in some culture there must be a pig-headed god/-ess…

A pig mask at the second annual Ye Gods party
CIMG5612 A pig mask

Left to right: J the cat saint, M the hostess, L (standing), and J with an elephant head. L is M and P’s neighbor, and she plays in a band.

Second annual Ye Gods party, 2007
CIMG5614 Left to right: J, M, L, and J

L with a mask. Whether or not she was dressed as a god(ess) is debatable, but she was among the most costumed of all attendees.

L in a mask at the second annual Ye Gods party
CIMG5618 L in a mask

L raises an axe

L raises an axe
CIMG5620 L raises an axe

L with an axe

L raises an axe at the second annual Ye Gods party
CIMG5621 L with an axe

I wonder if it’s J’s own hair shaped into cat ears?

Behind her on the wall is a picture from the hosts’ M and P wedding from a year ago, which took place (as a surprise) at their first annual Ye Gods party.

Cat ears shaped out of hair, seen at the second annual Ye Gods party
CIMG5624 J with cat ears shaped out of hair

Me with Denis Loubet and Jeff Dee at the second annual Ye Gods party

Me with Denis and Jeff at the second annual Ye Gods party
CIMG5631 Me with Denis Loubet and Jeff Dee

M, the god(ess) of tie-dye, and P, the host. He was first dressed as the Egyptian god Sobek — a man with a crocodile head, as can be seen at the top of this post. But that was not a costume that permitted eating or drinking, or perhaps even walking.

M and P at the second annual Ye Gods party
CIMG5637 M and P